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(No Model.)

W. WALE. CASE FOR CONTAINING SUGAR OR THE LIKE. No. 555,184. PatentedFebyZB, 1896.

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\VILLIAH \VALE, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

CASE FOR CONTAINING SUGAR OR THE LIKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 555,134, dated February25, 1896.

Application filed June 21, 1894. Serial No. 515,292. No model.) Patentedin England February 20, 1894,110. 3,647.

To (LZZ whom, it Duty concern.-

lle it known that I, 'ILLIAM \VALE, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain and Ireland, and a resident of Ti Great Titchfield Street,Oxford Street, London, 1, England, have invented a certain new andImproved use for Containing Sugar or the Like, (for which I haveobtained a patent in Great Britain,I To. 3,0l7,bearing dateFebruaryQO,1Sf)l,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved case for containing sugar or thelike, and has for its object to provide a case adapted for packing insame either lump, castor, or moist sugar or the like in a secure mannerfor transport or other purposes, which case is readily convertiblefrom areceptacle forcontaining lumpsugar to, say, one for holding fine moistor castor sugar, a further object being to provide means whereby, whenthe case is employed to contain lump-sugar, the fine particles and dustwill be sifted or separated from the large and uniform lumps; and inorder that the said invention may be the more readily understood I haveshown same upon the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings, whereinFigure 1 is a perspective view of the case with the top removed and partof the side cut away for more clearly showing the invention, Fig. 2being a side view, also partly cut away.

Referring to the drawings, a. is the case composed of four sides a and abottom 0 and having a false bottom Z) supported upon rests b orotherwise held in position. This false bottom 1) consists of a frameworkof wood or other suitable material, across which is fastened a sheet ofwire-netting of suitable mesh, or a sheet of perforated tin or the likemay be employed for the same purpose. This false bottom I) is not fixedto the supports or rests I), but is intended to be lifted out of thecase when so desired.

1 also provide, in addition to the foregoing, awooden or other cover 0to fit over the said perforated false bottom, which cover is de signedto fit closely against the four sides of the case and to be readilyremovable. The

Fitting inside the case I provide four panels or false sides d, whichare fashioned to lie closely against the respective sides or ends of thecase. The edges of the said panels or false sides (Z are beveled in asimilar manner to those of the false-bottom cover 0, so that when allare slid into their respective places the edges will press closelyagainst one another and form tight joints.

W'hen itis desired to employ the case to contain moist or castor sugaror a similar fine substance, the cover 0 is fitted over the wire orperforated false bottom I) and the panels or false sides (I thenarranged in their respect ive places against the inner faces of thesides and ends of the case a, by these means forming a securereceptacle, which with the addition of a suitable lid or cover wouldconstitute a practically air-tight case for containing the fine sugar orthe like, preventing the possibility of any of the particles escaping,c1 of the admission of dust or other foreign bodies to the said sugar orthe like. In adapting the case to receive loaf or lump sugar or the likethe cover 0 and panels or false sides d are dispensed with, and thelumps of sugar or the like put directly upon the false bottom Z),through which the fine particles and dust will be precipitated into thechamber or space 6, beneath which chamber or space is provided a slidingor other door 6, through which the accumulated fine dust or particles ofsugar or the like can be removed when desirable.

Suitable handles fare provided at each end of the case for conveniencein lifting and transporting same from place to place.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a case for containing sugar, the combination of the outer shellconsisting of four sides, a bottom and a lid, with a false bottom, acover for same and four panels or false sides, substantially asdescribed and illustrated.

2. The combination of the outer case or 9 shell, consisting of fourimmovable sides, on fixed bottom, and a removable lid or cover withafalse bottom, comprising a frame over which is fixed a sheet ofsuitably-meshed wire or the like, the whole resting on supports, andhaving a beveled edge, removable cover, four and for the purposedescribed and illustrated panels or false sides having their edges bevbythe drawings. IO eled and adapted to fit inside the ease and lie Signedat Basinghall Street, London, Engagainst the inner faces of the casesides, and land this 6th day of June, 1894.

' an opening provided with a door in one of the YVILLIAM VALE.

sides of the lower chamber formed by the W'itnesses: aforesaid falsebottom, for removing the con- A. F. H. GATRILL, tents of such lowerchamber, substantially as E. R. SHORT.

